Fergus Hanson

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Lowy Institute Poll 2011: Australia and the world

New questions this year cover attitudes towards the US alliance and the war in Afghanistan, opinions on basing US forces in Australia, WikiLeaks, foreign aid and the intervention in Libya

China in the Pacific: the new banker in town

In light of the continued diplomatic truce with Taiwan, this paper reassesses the drivers of China’s engagement in the Pacific, examines trends in China’s aid giving and associated concerns, as well as survey results of China’s follow-through on aid delivery since 2005

DFAT the dinosaur needs to find Facebook friends

E-diplomacy is disrupting old ways of achieving foreign policy goals, writes Fergus Hanson for the Australian, and DFAT needs to catch up

What makes a leader? Mapping leadership in our region

Does Australia understand the leaders of our region? This paper presents the results of a major empirical study of nearly 100 senior leaders in Timor-Leste and Samoa, from the President and Prime Minister down

Lowy Institute poll 2010: Australia and the world

The sixth annual Lowy Institute poll surveys Australian public opinion on a range of foreign policy issues, including the Rudd Government’s handling of foreign policy issues, whether Australia should develop nuclear weapons, attitudes towards Indonesia and US power, sanctions against Fiji and more

What Australia thinks about foreign policy

When we think of foreign policy we tend to envisage diplomats meeting behind closed doors

Indonesia and Australia: time for a step change

The relationship with Indonesia is one of Australia’s most important but it is still not on a firm footing, argues Fergus Hanson

The Lowy Institute poll 2009: Australia and the world

Examining Australian public opinion on a broad range of foreign policy issues including the priority given to action on climate change, public attitudes towards relations with the US and China, foreign investment, asylum seekers, how to deal with Iran and perceptions about nuclear threats

China: stumbling through the Pacific

This paper suggests that China's Pacific aid-giving is unpredictable, secretive and is mired in a vicious cycle of short-termism that is a legacy of its long-running diplomatic battle with Taiwan

Confronting reality: responding to war criminals living in Australia

This paper looks at the Australian government's current approach to suspected war criminals living here and suggests a number of justice related reforms

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The Attorney-General, the Hon Nicola Roxon MP, has announced the appointment of Professor Jill McKeough as Commissioner in charge of the ALRC’s Inquiry into Copyright Law.

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Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access released
13 January 2012

The Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access examines the recent East Asia Summit, bilateral alliances in the Asia Pacific, the future of Timor-Leste, women's participation in peace processes and more.

Read QA online: http://www.aiia.asn.au/qa/qa-vol4-issue1

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